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The #grey spines of my Wordsworth Classics. #colormepretty @Sweetkokoro

Finished! I'm quickly deciding that as much as I love Hardy, his "romances" don't hold up nearly as well as his major novels for me. I found myself mostly frustrated with all the characters and just wanted it to be done. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Today's plan: finish reading unfinished books. Right now, that would be The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy. I'm halfway through, and hope to be done before midnight. Dinah is making sure I stay on track. 🐱📚#catsoflitsy

In addition to the physical books I own, I also have a Kindle Fire and a brand-new Nook Glow-Light. Plus, I have both the Nook and Kindle apps, along with Audible and other reading apps that I use in conjunction with the library. I like having options 😊 #seasonsreadings2016 #ereaders

Do not disturb 💤💤😺

While this is definitely not one of Hardy's best, I got glimpses of the things I love most about his writing--tragic characters, beautiful descriptions, and interesting plot twists. Anne was not a strong character so it's difficult to understand why they're all fighting over her! That makes it harder to really get into the novel. The ending is sad because the main hero doesn't get the girl. Still, for Hardy lovers--as I am--it's an important book.

Having hastily unlocked a receptacle for emotional objects of small size, she took thence the little folded paper with which we have already become acquainted, and, striking a light from her private tinder-box, she held the paper, and curl of hair it contained, in the candle till they were burnt.

"Thus they crossed the threshold of the mill-house and up the passage, the paving of which was worn into a gutter by the ebb and flow of feet that had been going on there ever since Tudor times."